substance

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FDA regulations also require the agency to assess both safety and effectiveness before approving a substance for compounding.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

"If you sow doubt about your commitment every day, you drain it of its substance."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Turner told me: “I don’t think there’s any science or substance behind it. It’s a marketing pitch.”

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

That does not mean there is no substance behind the words, Rohan added.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

He said that everything depended on reaching the coast, yet waking in the night he knew that all of this was empty and no substance to it.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy